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Woo competed in the final of the men"s 100-meter breaststroke and finished eighth in a time of 1:05.13.
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Chris Woo
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He represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He also swam for the gold medal-winning United States. team in the preliminary heats of the men"s 4×100-meter medley relay, but did not receive a medal because he did not swim in the final. Woo attended the University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles), where he swam for coach Ron Ballatore"s University of California, Los Angeles Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition.
Since his retirement from competition swimming, Woo became a dentist.
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In 1976 he set the United States. national high school record in the 100-yard breaststroke at 55.99 seconds, which would stand as the record until broken by 1992 Olympic 100-meter breaststroke winner Nelson Diebel. At the 1979 Pacific-10 Conference championships, he won an individual title in the 100-yard breaststroke, and was a member of the Bruins" winning relay team in the 4x100-yard medley.
